Faces of Neurosurgery: On Track to Heal in a Disaster
Kristopher T. Kimmell, MD Neurosurgical Resident, University of Rochester Medical Center Rochester, NY Millions of viewers were glued to the news when an Amtrak train en route from Washington, D.C. to New York City derailed outside Philadelphia on May 12, 2015. There were 238 passengers and five crew members on the train. As a result of […]
HHS Office of Inspector General Issues Opinion Regarding On-Call Payments to Physicians
In recent years, issues have arisen as to whether hospitals could make payments to physicians for providing on-call coverage for the hospital’s emergency department as such payments might violate the anti-kickback statute. Well, it seems the ambiguity surrounding this idea has recently been cleared up by the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of […]